 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...giving a rout. His fools have their follies fo loft in a croud Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud, And coxcombs alike in their failings alone,...has our poet this malady caught, Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? f Say was it that vainly directing his view, To find out mens virtues... | |
 | History - 1778 - 630 pages
...virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud, And coxcombs alike in their failings alone, Adopting hit portraits are pleas'd with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught, Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say was it that vainly directing his view, To find oat mens virtues... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Actors - 1780 - 458 pages
...giving a rout. His fools have their follies fo loft in a crowd Qf virtues and feelingSj that Folly grows proud; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, . • Adopting his portraits^, are proud of their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught? Or wherefore his characters thus without... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Actors - 1781 - 464 pages
...grows proud ; And And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are proud of their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that, vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...feelings, that folly grows proud, And Coxcombs alike in their facings alone, Ad6f»flng his pwtraits are pleas'd with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or, wherefore his characters thus without fault ? S*y, \Vte it that vaitrly dir'e&ing his view To find out mens virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...a rout. His fools have their follies, fo loft in a crowd Of virtues and failings, that Folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone,'...has our Poet, this malady caught, Or wherefore his characters thus without fault? Say, was it, that vainly direfting his view, To find out men's virtues,... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...•' '• His fook have their follies fu loft in a.crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud, And coxcombs alike in their failings alone. Adopting his portraits are pleaVd with their own. Say, where has our poet tins malady caught, Or wherefore his charafters thus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...a rout i His fools have their follies fo loft in a crowd Of virtues and failings, that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone,...has our poet this malady caught? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that, vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...rout. His fools have their follies so lost in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud 5 And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting...has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's virtues,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1802 - 130 pages
...giving a rout. His fools have their follies fo loft in a crowd Of virtues and feelings, that folly grows proud ; And coxcombs alike in their failings alone,...charafters thus without fault? Say, was it that vainly dire&ing his view To find out mens virtues, and finding them few, Quite fick of purfuing each troublefome... | |
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And coxcombs, alike in their failings alone, Adopting his portraits, are pleas'd with their own. Say, where has our poet this malady caught ? Or wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say, was it that vainly directing his view To find out men's... 
